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Recognised as Colour

#7BB9EA

  • #7BB9EA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#7BB9EA is a blue with RGB values 123, 185, 234 and HSL 206°, 73%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#7BB9EA#7BB9EA
HEX#7BB9EA
RGBrgb(123, 185, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.7255, 0.9176
RGB percentages48.2%, 72.5%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(206.5, 72.5%, 70%)
HSV / HSBhsv(206.5, 47.4%, 91.8%)
CMYK47.4%, 20.9%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,108,522
CSS custom property--colour: #7BB9EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44849WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.97:1
Contrast with white2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#844615

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4B9ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#95AEE9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Tritanopia#48C5C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 8.2Sky blue · ΔE 13.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 16.1Light steelblue · ΔE 17.3Steel blue · ΔE 20.6Light blue · ΔE 22.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 8.24, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAAC7B
Analogous#7BEAE3, #7B82EA
Triadic#EA7BB9, #B9EA7B
Split complementary#EA7B82, #EAE37B
Tetradic#E37BEA, #EAAC7B, #82EA7B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D3E8F8
Lighter +10%#A7D0F1
Darker −10%#4FA2E3
Darker −20%#238ADC
Darker −30%#1C6FB0
Darker −40%#155384
More saturated +25%#68BBFD
Less saturated −25%#8EB7D7

Channel breakdown

R123
G185
B234
Red123 (48.2%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue206.49°
Saturation (HSL)72.55%
Lightness70%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7B · G B9 · B EA

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